Wonderful Snow

This is my dog Bandit. Well I guess I should say our dog. My DH loves this little guy too. He is so much fun and has quite the personality. We have had many dogs in our lives from poodles to german shepherds but we have never had one quite like the little guy. He is a miniature pincher. We thought he was a miniature doberman and even looks like a smaller version, but the minpin was actually around before the doberman was.

We got him on our anniversary a year ago. We've been married for 35 years on the 21st of January and got Bandit as an anniversary present. So we now get to celebrate two things on that day.

We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when we purchased him. We bought him and then went home and looked up what a minpin was and boy were we surprised. They are a bundle of energy. They are a small dog but are fearless, curious, stubborn, sweet, energetic, you name it! We have never had a dog with so much personality. He just doesn't want to sit still during his waking hours.

Last weekend we went up to the mountains to see the snow. We just love snow and don't get to see it all that often. Afterwards we came home and we ended up with snow at home a few days later. That was such a wonderful site. Unfortunately it didn't last very long. Poor Bandit was so cold but wanted to stay and play in the snow. He tunneled with his nose as you can see in the picture. After a few minutes he raised one paw and then the other telling us he was freezing. One thing minpins are known for is that they get cold easily. They are missing some of the fur that other dogs have.



Here is another picture of him sitting on our dash in the Tahoe. He loves laying up there because he like to watch where we are going and view all the sites as we pass by. He is quite the character. Plus its usually warmer up there. If he isn't laying up there he likes to sit on the console between my husband and I. So we velcroed a little pad there for him. Yes, he is so spoiled!.... and so much fun too!



So what is going on with E2L? Right now I'm doing well with the diet. I've found lots of new recipes that are delicious and that makes it successful.

I am struggling with not eating cashew butter. It is such a temptation for me and I eat it like candy. I eat way to much in one sitting. So at the moment its in the freezer. I am debating on whether I should give it away to friends or try to try and overcome the tempation and not eat so much of it. I use it in creamed soups and it can be used in sauce recipes and dressings. Oh it is so delicious and I bought 4 jars. Two of them have been eaten by me within a two week period. I haven't weighed myself but I know I've gained some weight because of it. That was really a stupid thing to do. I am not buying any more from now on. I'll just use the raw cashews instead of the butter in recipes.

I also was able to clean the house all by myself. That is a great accomplishment for me. It means I have more energy and less pain of which I am so thankful to the Lord. He is the one who is helping me through all of this. I should say that the house at the moment is an RV. If you've read my past blog posts you know some of my history and why we are living in our RV. One more year and we should be able to move into a house. We sure hope so anyway.

Okay I guess that's all for tonight. I posted this last night and tried to publish and lost it all. I don't know why I have so much trouble with blogger. I guess I should ask others if they have some of the troubles I do. Its really allot of work to type all of this and add the pictures and then loose it all. Its very discouraging. I hope Blogger can get some of their issues fixed soon.

Well its time to get to bed. Hope to see you soon! Eat To Live everyone!